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voyeurism

n. a paraphilia in which preferred or exclusive sexual interest and arousal is focused on observing unsuspecting people who are naked, in the act of undressing, or engaging in sexual activity. Although the voyeur seeks no sexual activity with the person observed, orgasm is usually produced through masturbation during the act of “peeping” or later, while visualizing and remembering the event. Also called inspectionalism. See also peeping Tom. —voyeuristic adj.

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color cone

color cone

a three-dimensional representation of all visible colors that takes into account hue, saturation, and luminous intensity. Luminous intensity is represented on the vertical axis, hue is represented in polar coordinates around the vertical axis, and saturation is represented radially around the vertical axis. See color solid.